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Iraqi Youth in TV Reality Show Support Each Other Amid Crisis
Wednesday, October 15, 2014By: Viola GiengerAs the militant group calling itself the “Islamic State” killed and rampaged across northern Iraq in recent months, a former street artist from the Baghdad...
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A Post-War Transition That Works: A Lesson for Afghanistan... from Kosovo
Tuesday, October 21, 2014By: Paul Hughes and Linwood HamA case study hashed out at West Point recently focused on a conflict 15 years past to demonstrate that a post-war transition has a better chance...
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New European Institute of Peace Prepares for Debut
Monday, March 3, 2014By: Jonas ClaesIn times of slow economic recovery, and historically low levels of political trust, the creation of a new peacebuilding organization in Europe offers a rare and...
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Tunisia’s Secret Sauce: From Freedom to Responsibility
Wednesday, November 5, 2014By: Joyce KaseeOn one of the busiest intersections of Tunisia’s coastal city of Monastir stands a prominent building draped in red-and-white banners urging citizens to vote....
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Preventing Election Violence: Equal Risk, Different Results
Friday, November 7, 2014By: Ian ProctorEven in the tumultuous history of Bangladesh, the deadly campaign-related violence that plagued this year’s parliamentary elections seemed unprecedented. Hundreds...
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Honoring Veterans, Baghdad Memories
Thursday, November 13, 2014By: Manal OmarAs we commemorate the sacrifices made by our veterans this week, let’s take a moment and recall that Veteran’s Day is a day of hope and to recognize our...
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Monday, November 17, 2014Between October 21 and 30, 2014, Joyce Kasee and Hamid Khan were short-term elections observers with the Carter Center’s Elections Observations Mission in Tunisia. The Carter...
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Integrated Iraq-Syria Strategy Needed to Defeat the Islamic State (Video)
Monday, December 1, 2014Following his testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa last week, USIP’s Steven Heydemann reflected on the reactions...
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Ukraine: USIP’s Bill Taylor on the Prospects for the New Government (Video)
Thursday, December 11, 2014Bill Taylor, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine who currently serves as USIP’s acting president, just returned from a visit to Kyiv and discusses the prospects for the...
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Afghanistan: Struggling for Momentum in London
Friday, December 19, 2014By: William ByrdIt was yet another big international meeting on Afghanistan, one of a dozen or so high-profile diplomatic extravaganzas at the ministerial or head-of-state...
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Ukraine-Russia Conflict Colors View of Civic Roles in Central Asia
Tuesday, December 23, 2014By: Hanne BurschUkraine and the countries of Central Asia wouldn’t seem to have much in common other than their former Soviet past. But post-Soviet Russian ambitions may be...
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Dalai Lama Talks Peace With USIP President Lindborg
Thursday, February 5, 2015By: USIP StaffHis Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama met with Nancy Lindborg, the new president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, today for a conversation on paths to peace, marking...
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Countering Extremist Violence: Local Activists Are Already Doing the Job
Thursday, February 19, 2015By: Viola GiengerFatima Kadhim al-Bahadly, an activist for women in southern Iraq, remembers the swell of chaos across her country last June. The extremist militant group...
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Burma: Can the 2015 Elections Overcome the Legacy of 2010?
Monday, March 9, 2015By: Priscilla ClappBurma’s Union Election Commission (UEC) appears to be preparing for a much more transparent and inclusive parliamentary election in 2015 than we saw in 2010. Its...
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Human Rights Violations: U.S. Foreign Aid for Accountability and Prevention
With U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy’s RemarksSunday, March 29, 2015By: Linwood HamFor two decades, ensuring the U.S. isn’t complicit in gross human rights abuses by foreign police and military forces has...
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Ramadan Reflection: To Build Peace, We Need Muslim Women
Friday, June 26, 2015By: USIP StaffMuslim women worldwide need to reclaim the place as leaders that the Islamic faith accorded them in its early centuries, USIP Acting Vice President Manal Omar told...
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Twitter Forum Explores Lawlessness at Sea
New York Times Reporter Ian Urbina, Experts Discuss “Outlaw Ocean” Series Monday, August 24, 2015By: Bethany McGannThe unreported murder of four men in plain view, all too common on the high seas, led...
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Islam, Culture and Sexism: Making Change with Religious Learning
Muslim women tap ‘authentic sources’ to take on male dominanceTuesday, November 3, 2015By: Fred StrasserMen in some Muslim societies cite the Islamic faith in defending “honor killings” of women and...
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Myanmar’s Elusive Peace
Following Truce Accord, Process Is Unlikely to Advance Before New Government ArrivesThursday, November 19, 2015By: Priscilla ClappWhen Myanmar’s National League for Democracy leads a new government...
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Saving U.N. peacekeeping: High stakes for the U.S.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015By: Nancy Lindborg and Sofia SebastianAs America and its allies confront a widened war in Syria, the refugee exodus to Europe, and terrorist violence in Paris, Beirut and...
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